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LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Book & Lyrics by Howard Ashman | Music by Alan Menken | Based on the film by Roger Corman, Screenplay by Charles Griffith | Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre (Kyle Renick, Producing Director)

Episode Segments:

3:36 - Speed Test5:06 - Why God Why10:31 - Back to Before24:16 - What's Inside53:43 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?1:08:32 - Our Favorite Things1:16:17 - Corner of the Sky1:20:41 – What Comes Next?

Works Consulted & Referenced:

Little Shop of Horrors (Original Libretto) by Howard AshmanThe Little Shop of Horrors (Film) Directed by Roger Corman, Screenplay by Charles B. Griffith"How Howard Ashman and Alan Menken Created the Iconic Little Shop of Horrors" by Louis Botto (Playbill.com)Howard (2018 Documentary) Directed by Don Hahn, Produced by Don Hahn, Lori Korngiebel and Jonathan Polenz

Music Credits:

"Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin"The Speed Test" from Thoroughly Modern Millie  (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble"Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer"Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie"What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble"Somewhere That's Green” from Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Music by Alan Menken & Lyrics by Howard Ashman | Performed by Ellen Greene"Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon"My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews"Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas“What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff